The Inspector’s Interim Findings on the need for and supply of permanent pitches for Gypsies and Travellers in the five years 2014/15 to 2018/19 have been added to the Examination Documents List at EX/903k

Following the discussions during the Stage 2a examination hearings, on 9 April the Councils submitted copies of revised housing trajectories to the examination and they are available on the examination documents list at EX/827a-j. The Inspector held a factual question session with the Councils about the content of the revised trajectories on Thursday 23 April, at the end of the Matter O hearing session.

Since that session took place, it has become clear that there will be a need for further amendments to the housing trajectories as a result of the discussions during the Stage 2c hearings. As a result, the Inspector has decided to hold a further procedural session on the trajectories on Wednesday 3 June, at the end of the Matter X2 hearing session. The venue is the Worcester University Arena, Hylton Road, Worcester WR2 5JN.

As with the 23 April session, the session on 3 June will deal solely with factual and procedural matters, and there will be no discussion of the soundness of the trajectories. Thus no other participants are being invited. Nonetheless, as with all the hearing sessions, the session will be open to anyone who wishes to come and observe.

15 May 2015

The timetable for Stage 2c has been updated and now includes the additional hearing session to be held on 17 June SWDP Hearings Timetable

11 May 2015

The timetable for Stage 2c has been updated to reflect changes to the participants – these are highlighted on SWDP Hearings Timetable

The Matters, Issues and Questions for Stage 2c have been updated – so that it corresponds to the current version of the hearings timetable, no other changes have been made Matters Issues & Questions update

The 5th edition of the SHLAA has now been published and is available at http://www.swdevelopmentplan.org/?page_id=10530 (it has also been added to the Examination Documents List at EX/825). Wychavon Housing Mix Position Statement, February 2013 has also been added to the list at EX/826.

The Examination Documents List has been updated to align with the Core Documents List. The additional documents are listed as EX/638-EX/652 Stage 2 Examination Documents List

16 February 2015

On 16 February 2015 the South Worcestershire Councils began a six-week consultation period on their Community Infrastructure Levy charging schedule and two supplementary planning documents on developer contributions and affordable housing. On the same date they issued a call for sites to meet the accommodation needs of travellers.

The Community Infrastructure Levy charging schedule will be examined separately from the SWDP, and the two supplementary planning documents are subject to different adoption processes from the SWDP. Full details of the consultations are available Here and relevant documents have been provided for the SWDP Examination as CD 282 – CD 285.

18 November 2014 – A Pre Hearing Meeting will be held at 11 am on Tuesday 13 January 2015 at Worcester University Arena, Hylton Road, Worcester. The Programme Officer will be contacting all respondents in the next few weeks with further details.

11 November 2014 – Work on the timetables for Stage 2 has now commenced, the dates and venues for the hearings are as follows –

Stage 2a– Policies SWDP1-7 (the basis for how the plan has been compiled, housing and employment sites selected etc) and the Strategic Sites (the major “urban extensions” proposed on the edges of Worcester, where some of the largest housing developments have been allocated), commencing Tuesday 24 February at Worcester Warriors Rugby Club, Sixways Stadium, Worcester

Stage 2b – Development Management Policies (the detailed rules that future planning applications will be assessed against, covering, for example, the proportion of affordable housing to be included in residential developments), commencing Tuesday 14 April at Worcester Warriors Rugby Club, Sixways Stadium, Worcester

Stage 2c – Proposed Sites in the Main Town and Villages, commencing Tuesday 12 May at Worcester University Arena, Hylton Road, Worcester

7 October 2014 – An updated version of the Core Documents List is available Here

6 October 2014 – Formal consultation began today on the modifications to the Plan proposed by the three South Worcestershire Councils in response to the Inspector’s Interim Conclusions and Further Interim Conclusions at Stage 1 of the Examination. Full details of the consultation and how to participate are on the main SWDP webpage Click here to view consultation page

25 June 2014 – The Inspector has responded to the Councils’ letter of 10 June. The letter is available Here